bour
See also: Bour
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English būr; more at bower.
Pronunciation
Noun
bour (plural bours)
- A chamber or a cottage.
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale
- Ful sooty was hir bour, and eek hir halle,
In which she eet ful many a sclendre meel.
- Ful sooty was hir bour, and eek hir halle,
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale
Descendants
- English: bower
Romanian
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).
Noun
bour m (plural bouri)
- aurochs (Bos primigenius)
- wild bull
- wisent (Bison bonasus)
- the old emblem of Moldova (with the head of a wisent)
Declension
Declension of bour
Synonyms
- (wisent): zimbru